Maryland Health Occupations Section 2-402

      (a)      Unless authorized to practice audiology under this title, a person may not represent to the public by title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise that the person:

            (1)      Is authorized to practice audiology in this State; or

            (2)      Evaluates, examines, directs, instructs, or counsels individuals suffering from disorders or conditions that affect hearing, or assists those individuals in the perception of sound.

      (b)      Unless authorized to practice audiology under this title, a person may not use, with the intent to represent that the person practices audiology, any of the following words or terms:

            (1)      "Audiological";

            (2)      "Audiologist";

            (3)      "Audiology";

            (4)      "Hearing clinic";

            (5)      "Hearing clinician";

            (6)      "Hearing or aural rehabilitation"; or

            (7)      "Hearing specialist".

      (c)      While performing the duties of that employment, an individual employed by any agency of the federal government, county public school system, State approved nonpublic school for handicapped children, chartered educational institution of this State, or the State Department of Education may use any of the titles listed in subsection (b) of this section.